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not exactly the best example when you consider what their research arm bell labs gave us. Not saying that monopolies are good, it's just not black and white...
by Rick-Butler 8y ago
not exactly the best example when you consider what their research arm bell labs gave us.
Not saying that monopolies are good, it's just not black and white...
- craftyguy 8y agoEven a steaming pile of shit has one or two good qualities.
- Rick-Butler 8y agoA comment like this makes me think you really don't know much about Bell Labs. http://blog.tmcnet.com/next-generation-communications/2011/08/the-top-bell-labs-innovations---part-i-the-game-changers.html http://blog.tmcnet.com/next-generation-communications/2011/0... A lot of modern computing traces back to them and Xerox.
- craftyguy 8y agoI know about Bell Labs and their contributions. They were the one positive thing from Ma Bell, but there were a LOT of other bad things in Ma Bell that I'd rather not see come about again. I bet we can have a Bell Labs-like thing exist without all the other crap.
- phlakaton 8y agoI'd love to see it. Where is this fabled research giant that doesn't need a bunch of funding from a giant corporation? I mean, I guess you could look at DARPA or other government agencies as some sort of equivalent, but you're not exactly escaping controversy by getting your funding from the DoD...
- lurquer 8y agoLucent. (Ugh... Rode that sucker down to $0)